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. JJTAUQUA INSTITUTION 

A SYSTEM OF POPULAR EDUCATION 

GENERAL OFFICES 
CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y. 




SCHOOL OF 

Physical Education 

CHAUTAUQUA 
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE. N. Y. 



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JULY 6— AUGUST 15, 1903. 



JAY W. SEAVER, - - - President 

W. G. ANDERSON, - - - Dean 



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CHAUTAUQUA 
SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Ltd. 



FACULTY. 



Wm. G. Anderson, M. D., Director of the Yale University Gym- 
nasium, Theory a?id Practice in Gymnastics. 

Jay W. Skavkr, M. D., Medical Examiner Yale University, Physi- 
ology, Physical Diagnosis and Anthropometry. 

Eliza M. Mosher, M. D., New York City, Special Physiology 
and Postural Deformities. 

Henry S. Anderson, University School, Cleveland, Ohio, Heavy 
Gymnastics. 

Mrs. Emily M. Bishop, New York City, Americanized Delsarte 
Gymnastics. 

Jakob Bolin, New York City and New Haven Normal School of 
Gymnastics, Kinesiology , Swedish a?id Corrective Gymnastics. 

Miss Anne U. Barr, Woman's Gymnasium, University of Ne- 
braska, Anthropometry, Normal, Artistic and Corrective Exercises. 

R. G. Clapp, M. D., University of Nebraska, Physiology, Athletics 
and Gym?iastics. 

A. H. Sharpe, M. D., Penn Charter School, Anatomy and Athletics. 

INSTRUCTORS. 

James A. Babbitt, M. D., Haverford College, Assistant in Anat- 
omy and Gym?iastics. 

George A. May, M. D., University of Michigan, Instructor hi 
Fancy Club Swinging , Fencing, and Boxing. 

Mrs. Gwyneth King Rowe, New York City, Assista?it in Delsarte. 

Otto F. Monahan, Hotchkiss School, Instructor in Baseball. 

Charles W. Mayser, Newark Academy, Instructor in Apparatus 
Exercises, Swedish Gymnastics and Wrestling. 

Miss Janette Trowbridge, State Normal School, Trenton, In- 
structor in Calisthenics and Free Gymnastics. 

Miss Gertrude Dudley, University of Chicago, Instructor in 
Gymnastics. 

Charles I. Freeman, Purdue University, Manager of Tennis, 
and Instructor in Tumbling. 

Miss Jennie Wood, Miss Low's School, Stamford, Instructor in 
Swimming. 

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Miss Rebecca LESSER, New York City, Artistic Exercises {Gilbert). 
Mrs. Clara Z. Moore, Cincinnati, Assistant i?i Delsarte. 
Miss Lunette Garlock, George School, Apparatus and Games. 
Miss Lena Hoernig, Manual Training School, Kansas City, Assist- 

a?it in Light Gymnastics. 
Robert Crankshaw, Akron, Ohio, Instructor in Rowing a?id 

Swimming. 
Capt. Clement Swain, Harrisburg High School, Military Tactics. 
Robert R. Green, University of West Virginia, Manager of 

Boating. 
Miss Jessie E. Nicholson, Danbury College of Music, Accompanist. 
Mrs. C. J. B. Martin, St. Bartholomews, N. Y., Accompanist. 



GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND COURSES 
OF INSTRUCTION. 

JULY 6TH TO AUGUST 15TH, 1903. 

In presenting this 16th annual announcement of summer work 
in physical training, the Chautauqua School of Physical Education 
is pleased to call attention to the growth of the school that has 
enabled it to improve the Normal Course by an extension of the 
work to cover three summer terms, with such modification of the 
course as shall more strictly emphasize its normal features. 

This course for years has consisted of a well-defined curriculum 
that has been announced beforehand and strictly adhered to during 
the term, while a course in corrective gymnastics and prescription 
of exercises to meet the needs of special cases has been a third- 
year course. It has now seemed wise to incorporate part of the 
work of this graduate course into the regular Normal work of the 
school, as it is essential that all teachers of gymnastics to-day 
should appreciate the possibilities of gymnastic treatment for special 
cases and should have an intelligent view of the therapeutic value 
of special movements. 

The following is a summary of courses offered for the season : 

1. Normal Course. — This is the most important work of the 
school and is intended for the training of teachers of gymnastics 
and people who wish to take a thorough course in physical training 
for their own benefit. (Pages 5 to 15.) 

2. Athletics. — This course is planned to give both theoretical 
and practical instruction in all the games and contests of Association, 

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School and College life. It will be of special value to all physical 
directors who have charge of outdoor sports. (Page 16.) 

3. Course in Corrective Gymnastic for defective pupils. 
(Page 17.) 

4. Courses in Anatomy, Physiology and Sa?iitaton, for teachers 
and others desiring a knowledge of hygiene. (Page 18.) 

5. Courses in General Gymnastics, designed for such residents 
ot Chautauqua as may desire to avail themselves of physical train- 
ing. This course includes many lines of gymnastic training, from 
the play exercises for children to highly coordinated artistic work. 
(Page 18.) 

6. Delsarte. — A course in physical training and self-express- 
ion according to the methods of Delsarte. (Page 19.) 

7. Emergencies. — A course of lectures on First Aid to the In- 
jured. (Page 14.) 

8. Individual Exercises. — Instruction in special contest exer- 
cises and individual skill, such as club swinging, fencing, wrestling, 
etc. (Page 20.) 

9. Aquatics. — Swimming, diving, water polo, etc. (Page 20.) 

LOCATION AND EQUIPMENT. 

The location of Chautauqua is especially favorable for summer 
work, it being 1,400 feet above sea level and on the shore of a large 
lake. The air is always cool at night and only in the height of a 
warm wave is the day uncomfortable for hard work. 

The facilities for gymnastic work were extended last year by 
the construction of a new building at the rear of the bath houses. 
This building is 40 by 64 feet in floor dimensions and is unique in 
gymnasium architecture, in that the sides are entirely open above 
a wainscoting six feet high. These open sides can be closed by 
canvas curtains in storms or when the wind is uncomfortably 
strong. This new building is devoted to Swedish gymnastics,, 
medical gymnastics, and general classes for women and children. 
Each gymnasium is well equipped with apparatus for both light 
and heavy gymnastics and the rooms for clinical purposes are well 
supplied with the Swedish, German and American appliances for 
the treatment of various forms of abnormality. 

GENERAL INSTRUCTION AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
During the summer at Chautauqua the general lectures in the 
amphitheatre and Hall of Philosophy during the day and evening 

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are open to the pupils of the school of Physical Education, and 
many of the lectures are of such scientific value to our pupils that 
the directors have planned to permit a greater freedom in attend- 
ance on these lectures during the coming summer than ever before, 
as it is believed that the broadening influences of the views of the 
prominent educators will be of inestimable value to young teach- 
ers. The regular work of the term, however, can only be tem- 
porarily disturbed, and all exercises omitted during the regular 
session will be made up on Saturdays or in the hour from five to 
six on other days of the week. 

PREPARATORY STUDY. 

In preparation for the work of a teacher of gymnastics there 
'should be as thorough an acquaintance with the natural sciences as 
possible, and we heartily recommend students to pursue some defi- 
nite line of study before coming to Chautauqua and during their 
subsequent employment in their chosen work. If a person has an 
acquaintance with the German and French languages it will put 
them into direct contact with much of the best literature on 
Physical Training, for all of the best Swedish works have been 
translated into English. A knowledge of chemistry is desirable, 
since modern physiology is directly based on the chemical changes 
that occur in the body. As the body is a working mechanism it 
is desirable that the student should understand the fundamental 
laws of physics and mechanics. Passing to the broader field of 
biolog3 r , the elements of biology should be a foundation for the 
study of physiology, and the work may be properly carried on to a 
consideration of zoology and botany for the purpose of comparison 
of various functional activities in plants and animals. A course of 
reading should be continued along the line of practical gymnastics, 
and we advise our pupils to take some journal pertaining to the 
-professional work that they Jiave entered upon. A course of read- 
ing will be indicated, to those who wish, preparatory to the work 
of junior year. This work will be designed directly to lighten the 
work of the term by familiarizing the pupil with the terms used 
and give him a fundamental idea of the body and its method of 
movement. Work preliminary to the second and third year courses 
will also be indicated to those who request it, but reading will be 
indicated to all juniors present at Chautauqua during the summer 
:term. 

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NORMAL COURSE* 

It is desirable that each pupil be present and ready for work at 
9 o'clock on the first day of the term, and remain until the term 
closes. 

ANATOMY. 

The anatomy of the bones, ligaments, joints and muscles will 
be discussed in daily lectures during the junior year. The mechani- 
cal aspect of anatomy will be constantly kept to the front and the 
various forms of levers and other mechanical principles involved in 
the movements of the body will be pointed out. No time will be 
spent on discussing anatomy of structures that are unrelated to 
gymnastic work like the bones of the head, or the smaller muscles, 
largely used in reflex movements. Charts and diagrams will be 
used for illustration purposes, as well as the bony skeleton both in 
articulated and loose form. The anatomy of the internal organs 
will be taken up in connection with physiology. In the second 
year a series of lectures will be given twice a week on applied 
anatomy, which will lead directly to the prescription of exercises, 
while in senior year the special anatomy of the important organs, 
like the spine, the tarsal arch, etc., will be discussed in connection 
with lectures on orthopedics. 

PHYSIOLOGY. 

During the junior year one hour a day will be given to the 
study of physiology, physics and mechanics. It seems necessary 
to include these topics under the general heading of physiology, 
because the normal working of the body involves the application 
of so many mechanical and physical principles that a theoretical 
knowledge of them would seem absolutely essential to a proper 
understanding of the normal activities of the body. The subjects 
of circulation and digestion, including dietetics, will be considered. 
During the second year the work will be directed toward a discus- 
sion of muscular movement, respiration, and excretion. Three 
lectures a week will be given on these topics. In senior year two 
lectures per week will be devoted to the anatomy and physiology of 
the nervous system, discussing the subjects of fatigue, sleep, 
recreation, etc. 

During junior year special lectures to women on the anatomy 
and physiology of the pelvic organs will be given, and in senior 



year an equal number of lectures will be given on special hygiene 
of women, the limitations of gymnastic exercises and the disad- 
vantages of school life for girls. 

KINESIOLOGY. 

Under this heading thirty lectures will be given on the 
physiological value of various forms of exercise, the methods of 
combining exercises and the classification of movements according 
to anatomical and physiological standards. The various so-called 
systems of gymnastics will be discussed under this heading. In 
senior year three weeks will be devoted to the methods of medical 
gymnastics, with a discussion of the therapeutic value of active and 
passive movements, according to their bearing on the circulation, 
nutrition, innervation, and form of the various parts of the body. 

PEDAGOGY. 

In senior year one hour a day will be devoted to the discussion 
of the methods of teaching and to the practical application of the 
principles laid down in the actual teaching of classes. The en- 
deavor will be made to base this work on the most advanced 
psychological teaching of the day. In the practical teaching each 
pupil will be subjected to the personal criticism of the instructors 
in this department, and an endeavor will be made to point out 
personal faults and mannerisms that would unfavorably affect the 
success of the teacher in private work. It is believed that this 
system of personal instruction will be highly beneficial both to 
beginners in the art of teaching and to those who have already had 
considerable experience and who are ambitious to make their work 
as efficient as possible. This work will be separate for the men 
and for the women, except the lectures. 

ATHLETICS. 

For men a course of lectures will be given two days in the 
week on the general theory of training, taking up such topics as 
the training diet, baths, etc., and also discussing the different 
methods of performing various events of the track and field) 
pointing out the advantages of each method for different types of 
physique and temperament. Practice will be given the other three 
days and a Field Day will give some experiences in competitive 
work. The importance of this hour may not be overestimated. 

For women the work will be less severe, but will give a know- 
ledge of the contests that are approved for them. 





ANTHROPOMETRY. 
Five lectures will be given on the subject of Anthropometry. 
Pains "will be taken to point out the sources of information on the 
subject and the modern methods and instruments in use. The 
preparation of statistics according to various methods will also be 
discussed and the value of each briefly pointed out. Practical work 
will then begin for women under the direction of Miss Barr, who 
will point out the details in method and give each pupil some ex- 
perience in measuring and testing. For men the practice will be 
daily during the last three weeks of the term. All pupils will be 
required to present graphic charts of at least one set of records that 
they have taken. Strength tests will be discussed and illustrated. 

PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS. 
Ten lectures will be given on physical diagnosis during the 
second year and an effort will be made to familiarize each student 
with the methods of detecting physical defects of the interior 
organs as well as those of exterior form and action. The practical 
work in physical diagnosis will be continued in the anthropometric 
laboratory daily after the close of the lectures. The pupil will also 
have practice in examining the heart and lungs. Simple methods 
of testing the eyes and hearing of pupils will be taught and prac- 
ticed. 

APPLIED ANATOMY. 

Dr. Anderson will give a course of twelve lectures upon the 
principles of skeleton movements, basing these activities upon the 
relations of muscles. 

This course will cover the action of the prominent groups of 
muscles, and will explain their action in relation to the effect upon 
the organs of the body. 

Such drawings as can be easily made at Chautauqua will be 
called for. The reference books will be Gray or Gerrish, the latter 
preferable. 

The making of prescriptions, so far as they are based upon a 
knowledge of the action of the muscles, will be explained in this 
course. 

ORTHOPEDICS. 

A course of fifteen lectures will be given on the deformities 
and abnormalities of the human body that are more or less amen- 
able to treatment by exercise. 

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The anatomy involved and the causation, so for as it can be 
determined, will be discussed, but the various forms of treatment 
will be illustrated in the care of cases in the clinic. Emphasis will 
be laid upon faulty postures in school and importance of correct 
form during exercise. 

LIGHT GYMNASTICS. 

During junior year one hour per day will be devoted to light 
gymnastics and calisthenics, with a view of familiarizing pupils 
with the use of ordinary gymnastic apparatus in both simple and 
fairly complex co-ordinate movements. In this period of work 
some attention will be given to marching, for the purpose of 
securing uniformity of class action and for distribution of the class 
on the floor for calisthenic movements. 

Under this head will be taught free exercises without appa- 
ratus, including the alphabet of gymnastic movements, develop- 
mental exercises, co-ordinating exercises, etc., work with dumb- 
bells, wands, clubs, poles, bar-bells, etc., military tactics and fencing. 

While some of the exercises will be taught in uniform series as 
drills, emphasis will be laid upon the distinct value of each exer- 
cise from a hygienic or pedagogical standpoint. 

Three periods a week will be given to marching movements. 
(The school of the company) . The manual of arms will not be taught. 

Members of the class wishing a text-book on this subject are 
referred to the fifty cent edition of the drill regulations of the 
United States Army. 

At the close of the term there will be written tests on the no- 
menclature, tactics and applied movements. 

The light exercises of the second year take a more artistic form, 
and some time will be given to folk dances and artistic groupings, 
as well as movements for the cultivation of grace and co-ordination. 
In senior year the same artistic work will be carried out to a higher 
degree of perfection. 

Attendance and the character of the work done in the class 
will count on the standing of the pupils. 

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS. 

For acquiring grace of movement and rythmical co-ordination 

this school has always provided some form of aesthetic exercises. 

A course of ten lessons in Delsarte methods of physical expression 

is provided, and these lessons may be taken at the convenience of 



the pupil with any of the classes in the School of Expression. The 
Swedish folk dances that have been taught by Miss Barr in previous 
year have proved so unique and attractive to our pupils, who have 
sought such material for special entertainments, that we shall con- 
tinue them this season. 

The popularity and excellence of the Gilbert aesthetic exercises 
have prompted us to engage Miss Lesser for a longer time than 
last year, as will be seen on the hour plan. As this work leads out 
from certain fundamental principles that will be taught at the begin- 
ning of the course, every pupil should be present on the opening 
day, and this is equally true in all branches of study. Our opening 
day sees our hour plan in full operation. (See page 12). 

APPARATUS EXERCISES FOR MEN. 

The American College Nomenclature will be used, and the 
whole range of modern apparatus will be included in the in- 
struction. 

The apparatus exercises for men will be given daily from 
10:00 to 11:00. For juniors the work will begin with simple 
exercises, and will include the use of all ordinary gymnastic appli- 
ances, with which the gymnasium is thoroughly equipped. Stress 
will be laid upon proper form in the execution of all movements, 
and considerable degree of facility in ordinary movements on the 
horse, buck, horizontal bar, parallel bars, and swinging rings will be 
expected from all men before the close of the term. Juniors who 
are already proficient in the fundamental exercises, on the apparatus 
will be put into the advance division, where the movements will be 
analyzed for the purpose of instruction, and more attention will be 
given to the execution of all details of movements, and the class 
will be advanced to more and more complicated movements 
throughout the term. As this work will be largely personal work 
the pupil will be advanced as fast as his ability will enable him to 
go. Heretofore work in tumbling has been taken in connection 
with apparatus work, but this year this form of gymnastics will be 
assigned to another period and will be under a separate instructor, 
who has given much attention to this particular lorm of exercise. 
APPARATUS EXERCISES FOR WOMEN. 

Admission to this instruction must be with the consent of the 
examining physician, Dr. Eliza Mosher. 

For wornen the work on apparatus will be classified according 



to the ability and previous training of the pupils, there being no 
class distinctions, and all members of the two lower normal classes 
being at work at the same time. The beginners will take funda- 
mental movements on all forms of apparatus, and will be trained 
with regard to accuracy and the sequence of movements according 
to their severity. The advanced division will be expected to take 
more severe work, and exercises that require higher degrees of co- 
ordination, if not of physical strength, will be given. A consider- 
able degree of proficiency in the use of apparatus may be expected 
from the instruction here given, and while many members of this 
division may not have occasion to teach apparatus work during the 
year, it is believed that the time will be well spent by each pupil 
on account of the increased individual control that will be acquired. 

GAMES. 

In connection with the period for apparatus exercises for 
women, the class will receive considerable attention in the various 
games that are suitable for use in gymnasia and to some extent on 
the play grounds. This will prove of great help to many teachers 
who have not had practical experience with the popular games of 
the day. Out-door sports will be taught to juniors and to seniors 
in order that teachers may understand the technique of athletic 
exercises and be more competent to decide as to their adaptation 
for individual needs, even if they have no occasion to coach pupils 
in athletic exercises. For men there will be training at least three 
times a week in the track and field events of modern intercollegiate 
competitions. This work will be in charge of a man who has made 
a high reputation not only as an amateur performer but as a coach 
in these contests. 

SWEDISH GYMNASTICS. 

In junior year one hour a day will be given to free Swedish 
gymnastics, and in the second year the work will be extended to 
apparatus such as the Swedish Bom, ladder wall, slant rope, etc. 
In senior year members of the class will be asked to take charge of 
class work occasionally for a half period. 

FENCING. 

In senior year the members of the senior class will receive 
instruction for three weeks in the art of fencing. It can be said 
that increased attention is being paid to this form of exercise in 
this country not only for men but for women. It is not only an 
attractive form of personal competitive exercise, but it has a 

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recreative value and corrective features that can be utilized by the 
expert teacher in many grades of work. This exercise will be taught 
in class form in order to give pupils an idea of the methods of using 
this exercise for class purposes. Personal instruction in fencing may 
be obtained by the pupils from the teacher in charge of this work. 

WRESTLING. 

The men in the senior class will receive instruction in wrestling 
for three weeks. This exercise will be taught not entirely for class 
purposes, although instruction will be given in the use of the 
various holds and breaks for class exercises. 

TUMBLING. 

This exercise is of high value in securing certain physislogical 
effects upon the body and all directors of the physical traning of 
men should have a practical knowledge of the art so as to be able 
to teach it when desirable and to caution against it in other cases. 
The work will be taught in an analytic form so that pupils will be 
able to teach others correct form in this exercise. 
PRACTICE IN TEACHING. 

The school is also favored for normal instruction by reason of 
the large general classes that take up physical training for self- 
improvement during the summer. These classes range in ages 
from eight years up to the people past mid-life, who are taking 
some form of exercise for physical upbuilding during their vaca- 
tion. All of these classes, except those of the school of pedagogy, 
are held in the gymnasia and club houses that are located in close 
proximity to the gymnasium. During the coming summer arrange- 
ments have been made for permitting members of the senior class 
to give instruction in these general classes under the supervision 
of trained normal teachers. The work will then be subject to 
critical discussion by other pupils and by the teacher in charge, so 
that personal faults in subject matter, in personal manner, or in 
methods may be pointed out. We believe this will be an important 
feature of the normal course, as it offers the only opportunity for 
expert criticism that many young teachers will have ; for while 
many normal schools of gymnastics offer practice in teaching, this 
practice is usually at the expense of the pupil and is without the 
help that should come from the pointing out of errors and the 
advice that experience could furnish. The wish of the directors of 
the school is to make the work as helpful to the pupils as is possible. 

An analysis of the work of the normal course is as follows: 

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HOUF 

A. M. 
8-9 9-10 IO-II 


Junior 
Class. 


Anatomy 

of the 

Bones, Muscles 

and Joints. 

Dr. Sharpe. 


Light 
Gymnastics 

Dr. Anderson. 


Apparatus 

for Men. 

H. S. Anderson. 


Ph 


Special Phys. 

for Women. 

Dr. Mosher. 

Club Swinging 
and Athletics. 


Ph 
M 
Di 


Middle 
Class. 


Anthropometry 

one week. 

Phys. Diagnosis 

two weeks. 

Dr. Seaver. 


Swedish 
Practice. 

Mr. Bolin. 


Apparatus for Men. 

Normal Methods. 

Drs. Anderson 

and Clapp. 


Tl 

Gymr 

Mi 


Anthropometry 

for Women, 5 W. 

Miss Barr. 


AnfT- 


Theory of 

Gymnastics, 3 W. 

Mr. Bolin. 


for 
Dr 


Senior 
Class. 


Fencing 

■3 w. 

Dr. May. 


Methods of 

Medical 

Gymnastics, 3 W. 

Miss Barr. 


Apparatus 

for Men. 

Normal Methods. 


Psyc 
Mi 

Teac 
Dr. 


Orthopedics 

3W. 
Dr. Seaver. 


Equipment 

and 

Organization. 


Special Physiology 
for Women. 
Dr. Mosher. 


Practic 
Dr. 
MiJ 

Miss 1 


Graduate 
Course. 


Laboratory Study 

in Biology and , 

Physiology. 


Physiology 
of Exercise 

and 
Anatomy. 


Ps 

T« 


Athletic 
Course. 




Track Athletics 

Theory, T. and Th. 

Practice, 

M., W. and F. 

Dr. Clapp. 


Foot-Ball 

Theory, M., W. & F. 

Practice, T. & Th. 

Dr. Sharpe. 


F 

Practi 

Th 


M 
Mr. C 


On Saturdays the regular schedule will not be followed, but Dr. Seaver will give 



3 LKN, 

P. M. 

2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 


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id 




Athletics 

for Men. 

Dr. Sharps. 


Swedish 

Practice. 

Mr. Boein 

and Assistant. 


Practice 

for Men, 

M.,T.,Th. &F. 

for Women, 

Wed. 


s. 
p. 


Apparatus 

Exercise 

for Women. 

Miss Gareock. 


f 
3 W. 

N. 


Applied Anatomy 

T. and Th. 
Dr. Anderson. 


Athletics 
for Men. 

Dr. Sharpe. 


Artistic 

Gymnastics 

Gilbert Exercises, 

W. Miss Lesser. 

Folk Dances, 2 W. 

Miss Barr. 


- 


2try 


Physiology 
M., W. and F. 
Dr. Seaver. 


Apparatus 
for Women. 

Mr. Mayser. 


W. 

PE. 


Tumbling for Men, 

3 W. 

Mr. Freeman. 


and 
W. 

SON. 


Clinic for 

Medical 

Gymnastics. 

Dr. Seaver and 

Mr. Boun. 


Physiology of 

Nervous System. 

3W. 

Dr. Seaver. 


Artistic Work 
as above. 


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ching. 
SON, 

and 
IDGE. 


Clinic. 
3W. 


Wrestling 
for Men, 3 W. 
Mr. Mayser. 


jy 


Clinic. 


Clinic. 


Pathology 

and 

Therapeutics 




1 

nd F. 
h. 


Base-Ball. 
Mr. Monahan. 


Track Athletics 

Practice, W. 

Theory, M. and F. 


Optional 
Practice. 




7. 

HAW. 


Theory of 

General Training. 

Dr. Ceapp. 


ctures to men at 8 o'clock, and at 9 o'clock five lectures on First Aid will be given. 



METHODS OF TEACHING. 

The school will give increased opportunities in Methods of 
Teaching and will offer a much more comprehensive course in the 
' ' Pedagogy of Gymnastics ' ' than ever before. 

During the coining season one hour daily will be devoted to 
this very important subject. 

The conditions found in the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the 
Primary, Secondary and Private Schools, the Colleges and Uni- 
versities, Normal Institutions and Public Gymnasiums vary some- 
what and demand modifications in any set methods. These con- 
ditions will be discussed and members of the class will be asked to 
prepare lessons not only for the day but for the year. 

This special department will be under the active supervision of 
Dr. Anderson, Miss Barr and Miss Trowbridge. 

EMERGENCIES. 

On Saturday mornings at 9 o'clock lectures will be given on 
what to do in case of accident in the gymnasium and on the Athletic 
field, or elswhere. The aim will be to make to make this work 
thoroughly practical. Attendance on these lectures will be re- 
quested of Seniors unless they have taken the examination pre- 
viously. Other classes may attend and may take the examination 
at the end of the term. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

Examinations will be required in all theoretical branches 

covered by lectures, and in such practical branches as may seem 

advisable to the teacher in order to determine the knowledge of the 

pupil. 

CERTIFICATES. 

Certificates will be issued only to persons who have done at 
least one full year of work in this school and have passed satisfac- 
tory examinations in this work, as well as examinations in the work 
of the previous two years or present equivalents satisfactory to the 
faculty. Where equivalents are offered they must cover work that 
is essentially the same as is offered in this school ; for instance, no 
equivalent of advanced work in physiology will be accepted for 
anatomy of the bones and muscles, nor would a knowledge of some 
other subject from gymnastics be accepted as an equivalent for 
Swedish work. 

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The method of the school is in no sense elective, but the person 
who obtains a certificate from the school must have had definite 
instruction along the lines used in the course of study laid down. 
We believe there are advantages in a fixed curriculum for a short 
term of work in which there is little time to get acquainted with 
the personal needs and wants of the pupils, and consequent in- 
ability to advise each one as to the work that would be advantageous 
and advisable ; and where all work can be begun on the opening 
day of the term and continued until the closing day with a definite- 
ness that permits no loss of time through uncertainties or conflict 
of hours for various exercises there is an advantage that cannot be 
overlooked. 

COSTUMES. 

I^adies in the Normal classes are required to wear a suit with 
divided skirt and heelless shoes. Men are required to wear quarter 
or full sleeves. The Turner suit is recommended. Suits may be 
obtained at Chautauqua. 

GRADUATE COURSE. 

A course of advanced study has been planned for the season 
of 1904, but will not be given in 1903, for the purpose of supple- 
menting the work of the Normal Course. To such persons as are 
prepared to undertake the work, which must be equivalent to the 
Normal Course of this school, pupils will be admitted to the labo- 
ratory for practical work in biology and in physiology for at least 
two hours each day. Instruction will also be offered in advanced 
physiology and pathology, school hygiene, and prescription of 
exercise. These pupils may also do practical teaching under the 
criticism of an instructor, and they will be expected to take practi- 
cal work in the treatment of special cases in the clinic for at least 
one hour daily. A clinic has been conducted in connection with 
the school of physical education for the past seven years, and the 
value of this department to modern teachers cannot be over- 
estimated. The number of cases presented for daily treatment is 
large enough to give a good variety and to offer extensive experi- 
ence in the diagnosis and special treatment of the ordinary cases 
that are likely to be seen by a teacher of gymnastics. During the 
past summer there were a number of cases of spinal curvature, 
several cases of flat foot, anaemia, neuroses, etc. 

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IL COURSE IN ATHLETICS. 

With the growing interest in outdoor sports throughout the 
country there has come an increasing demand for trained teachers 
of athletics. Many schools and colleges maintain instructors in 
outdoor sports, as well as teachers of gymnastics, although in 
many places the same instructor is expected to take charge of both 
lines of work. The same is true in the physical training depart- 
ments of the Young Men's Christian Associations and athletic 
clubs. It is our purpose to prepare teachers to intelligently direct 
this department of physical training, and we shall offer the best 
instruction that can be furnished in each line of athletics. 

Again, we wish to provide young men and boys with such 
preliminary physical training as will enable them to do well in some 
form of athletics when they enter college. So large a proportion 
of college men have had athletic and gymnastic training that they 
are able to form the teams of Freshman year and occasionally a 
man makes the College team ; but the untrained man is left to him- 
self and has no part in the healthy enthusiasm of team work. The 
training will be equally important for the young man entering 
bnsiness life, for such exercise is disciplinary as well as hygienic. 
All of our teachers have had practical experience as athletes and 
have taught in our schools in previous years, so we are confident 
that the course will be profitable to all those who are prepared for 
this kind of work. 

This, department will be under the general direction of Dr. R. 
G. Clapp, who is a graduate of Yale anql who has held the Inter- 
collegiate championship in gymnastics and a world's amateur 
record in athletics. Dr. Clapp will give instruction in track and 
field events and will lecture on the theory of training. He will be 
assisted by the following instructors : 

Dr. A. H. Sharpe will give instruction in the theory and prac- 
tice of foot-ball. His work as a teacher and player is too well 
known to require comment. He will lecture on the theory of the 
game, showing the various team and individual plays, and then 
will coach the various positions on the field. It is hoped that a 
large number of men from college and preparatory schools will 
improve this opportunity to become acquainted with the science 
and art. of foot-ball. 

Mr. Robert Crankshaw will give instruction in crew rowing. 
He has been trained in the Yale methods of row r ing and is an 

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enthusiastic oarsman. A trophy cup has been given to be com- 
peted for annually by the Chautauqua crew and the Chadakoin 
Boat Club crew of Jamestown, so there will be daily opportunity 
for practice in crew rowing. 

Mr. Otto F. Monahan of the Hotchkiss School will have 
charge of baseball coaching. As captain and coach of the Chau- 
tauqua nine he has developed a strong nine each season. His ex- 
perience as a teacher of athletics makes him an especially compe- 
tent man for this department. The Chautauqua nine will play at 
least twice a week with out-of-town teams, and the second nine 
will play occasional games with such teams, while daily practice 
can be taken in the afternoon. Other nines will be formed accor- 
ding to material and suitable games arranged. 

The plan of work includes at least six hours of work a day for 
four weeks, July 6 to August i , according to the hour-plan on page 
12, from which there will probably be some variation, as pupils 
may desire to devote more time to some special kind of work. 

The class may meet with the Junior Normal class for lectures 
on Anatomy and Physiology. 

The work on Saturdays may be optional, and thus pupils may 
avail themselves of the cheap excursions to visit Niagara Falls or 
other places of interest, and spend essentially the whole day. On 
the other hand, regular attendance on all exercises for four weeks 
will be expected. If the demand for instruction should be suf- 
ficient, the course may be extended to six weeks, as the teachers 
will be engaged for that period with pupils in the Normal Course 
in Gymnastics. The tuition for the course will be $25. 

Examinations will be given in all subjects and certificates of 
attendance will be issued to those who pass. 

IIL CORRECTIVE GYMNASTICS. 

The training in Corrective Gymnastics is designed to help 
those who are physically weak or deformed and are frequently found 
in school or college, or in a physician's practice and referred to a 
gymnast for special training. 

The diseases most amenable to treatment by exercise, both 
passive and active -movements, are spinal curvatures, muscular 
atony, constipation, flat foot, hernia, etc. 

In practical work a clinic will be maintained for the treatment 
of cases, and this treatment will be largely carried out by the 

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pupils under the direction of the instructor. Bach pupil is invited 
to brin^ to the instructor any clinical miterial, either in person or 
by full report of cases. 

IV* PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. 

This course is given for the benefit of those who wish to study 
the hygiene of school and household and direct their affairs in a 
scientific way so far as they relate to the physical welfare of their 
various members. To appreciate these needs implies a knowledge 
of the human body and how it works ; how it grows and how it 
wears out. A daily lecture on the anatomy of the bones and 
muscles is given and two hours may be devoted to physiology. The 
subject of digestion will be fully discussed in its relation to clinical 
processes and nutrition. The values of the various foods will be 
discussed at some length in connection with the systematic needs 
discovered in a general study of respiration, circulation, heat-pro- 
duction, etc. Five lectures will be devoted to what to do in emer- 
gencies. This course may be taken in part, as no certificate will 
be given on its completion. 

V. COURSE IN GENERAL GYMNASTICS. 

Chautauqua has always provided for the physical as well as the 
mental training of its people. The gymnastic training of general 
classes will be more extensive than ever for the coming season. An 
addition to the equipment by the new gymnasium and Girls' Club 
building will enable us to have classes at more convenient hours 
for pupils. The tuition rate is extremely low, so that persons of 
small means may obtain the benefits of the exercise. The teachers 
are all experienced and their work will be supervised by Dr. An- 
derson, Dr. Mosher or Dr. Seaver. 

From 11:00 to 12:00 o'clock a class of women will be taught 
by Miss Hoernig. Attendance on this work will be of special value 
to teachers and to those who are able to undertake a fair amount of 
exercise for the improvement of health and vigor, and the acqui- 
sition of gymnastic knowledge. 

From 2:00 to 3:30 o'clock classes for boys will be conducted 
by Mr. Anderson in the Boys' Club building, near the gymnasium. 

Special training in corrective gymnastics will be given at 2:00 
o'clock daily to meet the needs of those who are suffering from any 
defect that is remediable by appropriate exercise, such as spinal 

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curvature, paralysis, malnutrition, poor circulation, etc. Such 
cases will be examined by Dr. Seaver and suitable exercises 
prescribed. 

From 2:00 to 2:30 o'clock a class of children from seven to ten 
years of age will be taught by Miss Trowbridge, and on pleasant 
days after the first two weeks, provision will be made for outdoor 
games for a period of fifteen to twenty minutes. A class for girls, 
from ten to thirteen years of age, will be taught at 11 A. M. 

From 2:30 to 3:00 o'clock Miss Trowbridge will teach a class 
of misses in educational gymnastics. Swedish methods will be used 
as the basis of the work, and artistic exercises will be taught to 
those who are sufficiently advanced. These three classes are for 
members of the Chautauqua Girls' Club and Outing Club only. 

From 10:00 to 11:00 o'clock a class in body-building and appa- 
ratus work for men will be taught by Mr. Anderson. This class 
has always been largely attended by teachers and the unanimous 
verdict has been that the exercises have been highly beneficial. 

VL COURSE IN 
AMERICANIZED DELSARTE CULTURE, 

This department will be under the charge of Mrs. Emily M. 
Bishop and Mrs. Gwyneth King Roe, assisted by Mrs. Clara Z. 
Moore. 

Health and self-expression culture as here taught is based upon 
psychological, as well as upon physiological laws. The training is 
organic, natural; not formal, mechanical, imitative. The attention, 
imagination, and will are especially called into action, while the 
body is made responsive by being freed from repression, self -con- 
sciousness and other bad habits. 

This teaching also recognizes the important influence of physi- 
cal action upon mental states. The interdependence of mind and 
body makes it possible for people, through psycho-physical culture, 
to become not only moulders of their bodies, but to a large extent 
moulders of their moods. The habit of courage, the habit of hap- 
piness can be formed as well as the habit of healthful and easy 
poise of the body. 

GENERAL COURSE. 

The results sought in this course are health, natural poise, ease 
in standing, sitting, walking, mounting stairs and in all necessary 
daily acts. Grace, symmetry, normal activity of every muscle. 

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Youthfulness of body and mind. Economy of nervous energy.. 
Power through breathing. Supplanting of awkwardness and self- 
consciousness by ease and self-possession. Overcoming and pre- 
venting nervousness, insomnia, stage-fright, corpulency and general 
bad physical habits. 

PROGRESSIVE GENERAL COURSE. 

A natural progression from the first course. Especially de- 
voted to rhythm of movement and to breathing. 

ARTISTIC COURSES, I, II, III. 

These courses are to meet the needs of teachers of gymnastics 
who desire drills, aesthetic gymnastics, artistic series, fancy marches, 
and the minuet, for school and entertainment purposes. 

VIIL COURSE IN PERSONAL CONTESTS. 

This department will be in charge of Dr. George A. May, who 
has been our instructor for the past eight years, and Mr. C. W. 
Mayser. 

Dr. May will instruct in club swinging, fencing and boxing. 
The lessons in fencing and club swinging will consist of ten periods 
of twenty minutes each. As the lessons are private, the work will 
be adapted to the advancement of the pupils. 

In fencing the system used will be that in vogue in the United 
States Military and Naval Academies, and for bouts in advanced 
fencing, the rules of the Amateur Fencers' Eeague of America will 
govern. 

The course in boxing will consist of eight half-hour lessons. 
Mr. Mayser will instruct in wrestling and the work will be 
adapted to the advancement of the pupil. The general interest now 
felt in wrestling warrants the school in emphasizing this line of 
exercise, and it is hoped that many will avail themselves of this 
opportunity to obtain instruction. The course will consist of eight 
half-hour lessons. 

IX. AQUATICS. 

The directors of this school have established a department for 
the purpose of encouraging all water sports and especially to arouse 
interest in swimming and diving as a useful and healthful form of 
exercise. They have decided to hold an athletic carnival on 

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August ist under the direction of Mr. Jakob Bolin and Dr. A. H. 
Sharpe. On this day persons may enter for a certificate of excel- 
lence in swimming and diving. The certificates presented will be 
of three grades, as follows : The first grade certificate will be 
issued to persons who show distinguished ability in all forms of 
swimming and diving. The second grade certificate will be given 
to such persons as exhibit suitable speed and endurance in the 
ordinary forms of swimming and satisfactory form in diving from 
various heights. Ability must also be shown in carrying weight 
in the water. The third grade certificate will be given to such 
persons as can exhibit satisfactory form in at least three kinds of 
stroke while swimming and in diving from elevations from one to 
three feet above the surface of the water. 

Rules governing these trials will be sent on application, and it 
is hoped that the holder of a first, second or third grade certificate 
will be known anywhere as possessing certain definite qualifications 
and ability. The facilities for all kinds of water sports are excel- 
lent at Chautauqua. 

The Chautauqua Certificates, and the Silver and Bronze medals, 
which are cast from a specially made die, are the gift of a Chau- 
tauqua pupil, Miss Natilee Pattee, of St. L,ouis, Mo. 

TABLE OF TUITION RATES. 



Admission to the grounds for the season, 

Ticket for Junior, Middle, or Senior Normal Course, 

Ticket for the Course in Athletics, 

Theory only, including all lectures in Normal Course, 

Floor work only, . 

Observation Ticket for Gymnastics, 

Physical examination. Normal Classes free ; others, 

Men's Class, one hour daily for six weeks, 

Chautauqua Girls' Club, . 

Chautauqua Boys' Club, 

Women's Class, ....... 

Delsarte School, ten lessons, fifty minutes each, . 
Fencing or Club Swinging, ten twenty-minute 
Boxing, eight one-half hour lessons, 
Wrestling, eight lessons, .... 

Anatomy, one hour daily, .... 

Physiology and Hygiene — Junior — See page 5, 
Physiology and Hygiene — Senior — Se*e page 5, 
Special Physiology for Women. Dr. Mosher, 

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All tickets can be purchased at the Gymnasium, except the 
admission ticket to the grounds, which must be purchased at the 
gate. Tuition is payable in advance. If a pupil is obliged to 
leave on account of sickness the school will refund one-half of the 
unused tuition, or credit will be given on subsequent attendance. 

Drs. Anderson and Seaver will be glad to assist any pupils in 
securing suitable boarding places. In general, it is advisable to 
locate as near the Gymnasium as convenient. Pupils unacquainted 
with the grounds are advised not to engage rooms and board until 
they reach Chautauqua. 

EXPENSES. 

Expenses at Chautauqua may be estimated as follows : 
Board and room, six weeks, . . ' 

Admission to the grounds, 

Tuition, ■ . 

Laundry, etc., ...... 

$80 00 92 00 
EXCURSION RATES. 

From nearly all points round trip rates of one and one-third 
fares can be had to Chautauqua, and all persons in New England 
and the vicinity of New York City are requested to correspond with 
Dr. Seaver in June regarding the matter. All others are directed 
to communicate with the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, 
N. Y„, which will send information regarding western and south- 
ern rates. 



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THE CHAUTATQUA INSTITUTION. 

A SYSTEM OF POPULAR EDUCATION. 



The Summer Schools {July 6- Aug. 74), 
York Slate teachers^) 



New York Institute {free to New 



I. 


English Language and Litera= 


VII. 


Religious Teaching. 




ture. 


VIII. 


Library Training. 


II. 


Modern Languages. 


IX. 


Music. 


III. 


Classical Languages. 


X. 


Fine Arts. 


IV. 


Hathematics and Science. 


XL 


Arts and Crafts. 


V. 


Social Science. 


XII. 


Expression. 


VI. 


Psychology and Pedagogy. 


XIII. 


Physical Education 


(Psychology, Education, Nature 


XIV. 


Domestic Science. 




Study, Classes for Boys and 


XV. 


Practical Arts. 




Girls, Kindergarten.) 


XVI. 


Tutoring. 



SUMMER SCHOOL NOTES. 

Dr. Richard Burton, of Boston, and Prof. W. D. MacClintock, 
of the University of Chicago, will give courses in English lit- 
erature. 

The Alliance Francaise will conduct the courses in French. 

Additional courses are offered in Social Science. 

Dr. Earl Barnes, of Philadelphia, Supt. Charles B. Gilbert, 
and Miss Ada Van Stone Harris, of Rochester, Prof. Walter D. 
Scott, of Northwestern University, are among those engaged to 
offer courses in Pyschology and Pedagogy. 

The Nature Study Department of Cornell University will again 
have charge of the Nature Study courses. 

The Sunday School Institute will be held July 25-31. 

THE POPULAR PROGRAM. 

At this time, when negotiations for many of the important 
speakers are pending, it is impossible to give a complete list of the 
engagements for the summer. The following, however, are some 
of those already engaged for the program of 1903 : 



SERMONS AND DEVOTIONAL HOURS. 

Dr. George Adam Smith, of Scotland. 
President Henry King, of Oberlin 

College. 
Dr. Henry C. Mabie, of the American 

Missionary Union. 
President J. W. Bashford, of Ohio 

Wesleyan University. 



Dr. S. C. Schmucker, of West Ches- 
ter, Pa. 

Dr. J. M. Buckley, of New York. 

Mr. John Quincy Adams, of Phila- 
delphia. 

Other lecturers engaged are : 
Mr. Ernest Thompson-Seton. 



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Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, of New York. 

Dr. George L. Robinson, of McCor- 
mick Theological Seminary. 

Dr. Herbert L. Willett, of the Uni- 
versity of Chicago. 

Dr. Thomas E. Green, of Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa. 

I.KCTURK COURSES. 

President G. Stanley Hall. 

Dr. Earl Barnes, of Philadelphia. 

Dr. Richard Burton, of Boston. 

Dr. C. F. Aked, of England. 

Prof. W. D. MacClintock, of the Uni- 
versity of Chicago. 

Opening of Season, July 2. 

Opening of Summer Schools, July 6. 

Woman's Day, July 22. 

Field Day, July 25. 

Missionary Sunday, July 26. 

National Army Day, August 1. 

Tennis Tournament, August 3. 

Old First Night, August 4. 

Denominational Day, August 5. 

C. L. S. C. Rallying Day, August 6. 



Prof. Charles Zueblin, of the Univer- 
sity of Chicago. 

Dr. Wm. Byron Forebush. 

Supt. Chas. B. Gilbert. 

President J. H. McFarland, of the 
American League for Civic Im- 
provement. 

Dr. Thomas E. Green. 

Dr. W. F. Oldham. 

READERS. 

Mr. Leland Powers. 

Madame Bertha Kunz-Baker. 

Mr. S. H. Clark. 

Dr. Richard Burton. 

25th Anniversary C. L,. S. C, August 8. 

Aquatic Day, August 11. 

Schools Close, August 14. 

Dedication St. Paul's Grove, Au- 
gust 15. 

C. L. S. C. Rallying Day, August 16. 

C. Iv. S. C. Recognition Day, Au- 
gust 19. 

Grange Da3^, August 22. 

Season Closes, August 30. 



SPECIAL WEEKS. 

Civic week, July 13-18 ; Woman's week, July 20-25 >* Mission 
week, July 27-August 1 ; Liquor Problem week, August 3-8 ; 
Essentials of the Religious Life, August 10-15 ; Popular Education 
week, August 17-22 ; Employers' and Employees' week, August 
24-29. 

Send your name and post office address to Chautauqua Insti- 
tution, Chautauqua, N. Y., and receive free Thk Chautauqua 
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